Since January 2004, Jonathan has worked as a news presenter for the BBC World Service. He has regularly presented the BBC world news, the African news and programmes such as From Our Own Correspondent.
Jonathan started in television in the early 1990s, working for the PBS station in Seattle (KCTS Television), presenting programmes and documentaries; he was also the main promotional voice of the station. After training as a news writer at Worldwide Television News, Jonathan presented various WTN documentaries, including the environmental series Earthfile and a five-hour programme about Nigeria.
For c. six years, Jonathan worked for ITV. Most of his time there was spent at HTV West as a news presenter and announcer (1994 – 1998). He presented the channel’s lunchtime news, morning bulletins and the popular late news programme at 10.30pm.
Jonathan presented the weather for Meridian (1992 – 1993); he was also an announcer there and at HTV Wales (1993). He also presented on the Sky News overnight service for a period.
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